Holder for condensers



July 21, 1925.

C. P. SQRENSENET AL HOLDER FOR CONDENSERS Filed Jan 22 1925 Patented July 21, 1925. l

UNITED STATES CARL P. SOBENSEN AND ROBERT W.

SAT'IERHOLM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER son CONDENSER-S.

Application filed January To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CARL P. SonnNsnN and ROBERT W. SA'r'rnRrroLM, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Condensers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for fixed condensers for radio apparatus.

The wires of a radio apparatus are usually secured to the fixed condenser by soldering the same directly to the condenser with the result that when the hot iron contacts with the condenser, considerable damage will re-' sult.

Furthermore, considerable damage is caused when a superfluous amount of flux is used in the soldering operation.

Heretofore when it was desired to remove the condenser the wires or conductors had to be detached therefrom.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to overcome these difliculties and objections and to provide animproved holder for removably holding the condenser in position and to which holder the wires are secured, thereby rendering it possible to readily insert and remove the condenser without interfering with the wires or conductors and at the same time there will be insured a tight and positive connection between the parts.

A further object is to provide an improved holder of this character which is adapted to receive and interchangeably hold condensers of different sizes and capacities.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective View of a pair of holders constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention, and with a small fixed condenser in position therein.

Figure 2, is a detail perspective View of one of the holders.

Figure 3, is a view in end elevation, partly in section and partly broken away showing one size of condenser in the holder.

Figure 4, is a view similar to Figure 3,

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usual manner such as by means of eyelets 12, i

the extremities of which eyelets are flanged over and against the plates 11 as at 13.

The holder consists of a single piece of material suitable for the purpose, the ends of which are bent to form arms 14, the intermediate portion 15 constituting a base.

The arms are of any desired length and configuration, are resilient and diverge from the base portion 15 towards but terminate. short of each other to form a substantially U shaped holder or clip.

The base portion 15 may be removably secured to a suitable bracket 16 of any desired configuration, by means of a suitable fastening device such as a screw 17 and the bracket may be secured to a suitable support, preferably by means of a fastening device passing through an opening 18 in the bracket and into the support.

Obviously the bracket 16 may be dispensed with and the holder may then be secured directly to the support.

Portions of the free ends of the arms 14 are preferably struck up to form lugs or projections 19 which extend toward but terminate short of each other. These lugs or projections are preferably tapered toward the extremity thereof so as to facilitate their entrance into the respective ends of the eyelet 12 of the condenser, and are of such a size and diameter that the adjacent faces of the arms 14 will be held out of engage ment with the ends of the eyelet and also the plates or clips 11 to decrease the resistance to the current through the condenser.

One of these holders may be employed at each end of the condenser and as they are constructed of conducting. material the conductor wires may be attached to or connected directly to the holder thereby obviating the necessity of securing the wires directly to the condenser. This will prevent injury to the condenser and avoid the danger of contacting the condenser with a hot iron.

The arms 14 being resilient, it will be manifest that they will readily yield to permit the insertion or interchanging of a condenser of one size and capacity for a condenser of a larger or smaller size or capaci- V invention.

ty, as be desired'witliont disconnecting the conductor wires.

In Figure a condenser of one size and capaclt'yus shown in position in the holder and in Figure 4, a Condenser of another SIZG' and capacity is shown in the holder. With this improved construction there is provided an improved holder into which a pr any other fixed condenser may be inserted Without danger of the condenser belng contacted w th a hot soldering ron usually, employed to secure the conductor or wiregto the condenser and into and out of whlch thecondenser may be readlly insert-ed or removed, 1 V p I While the preferredform of the invention has been hereinfully described and shown, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction and intheg combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, withoutdeparting from the spirit of this What is claimed new Z r 1 holder for small fixed condensers, said holder embodyingspaced resilient arms for receiving the condenser therebetween,

and nieans. carried by, the armsadapted to enteropenings wh ch extend through opposit-e ,faces of the condenser:

A holder for small fixed condensers,

said holder embodying spaced resilient armsfor eceiving' the condenser therebetween, and opposed projections extending beyond adjacent 'faces of the arms, and adapted to enter and be seated in openings which extend throughopposite faces of the condenser.-

'3. A holder for small fixed condensers,

said holder embodying spaced resilient arms and opposed substantially conical shaped,

npstruck portions on the arms adj acentth'eir V ireeends, said upstruck portions adapted to respectively enter openings extending through opposite faces of a condenser, portions of the diameter of the upstruck portions being greater than the diameter of the adjacent portion of the respec;

tive openings in the condenser, whereby said upstrnck port ons of the arms will ma n;

tainthe adjacent faces of the saidarms out 7 V of direct contachwith the condenser In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, on this 17 thday ofJanuary,-A. D. 1925.

'G BLP- S0 N N :5 ROBERT W. SATTEKHOLM. 

